Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-03-28
MIR. CLEVELAND'S APPOINTMENTS

The Administration of Mr.. Cleveland
is admitted by all fair minded Republi-
cans to have been conducted thus far
with honesty and ability and for the best
interest of the entire country. The
Springfield Republican, probably the
ablest, and most influential journal of its
party excepting, of course, the Salt
Lake organ) says the following in regard
to the Presidents Cabinet appoint
ments.
Grover Cleveland's appointments have
been in the main of high character.
America was never better and more ably
represented abroad than to-day by Min
listers Phelps, Pendleton and McLane.
They compare well with Lowell, Sargent
and Morton, their predecessors. We will
not 60 back to Schenck. In the minor
foreign Offices many needless changes
and some mistakes have been made. If
Secretary Bayard has not succeeded at
all points, he has to undergo no personal
investigation as to guano contracts, and
has intrigued no friendly power into a
| baseless supposition that America would
come to its aid in desperate foreign war.
His policy toward Canada has been one
of peace, and efforts to reach an under
standing; and the time may come when
that policy may be his proudest monu-
ment.
Mr.. Cleveland's financial administra-
ton has met every reasonable expecta-
ton of the business men who put him in
power, and has placed the name of Daniel
Manning alongside of those of Hamilton,
Gallatin, Dallas, Chase, Sherman and
McCulloch as one of the great American
finance ministers. 1t has given SUBJ
stantial encouragement to very per-
ceptible revival of industrial prosperity,
because the business men of the country
feel that the President is honest, that he
will pursue a sound and conservative
financial policy, and that he vigilantly
watches over the business interests of the
country so far as Congress will let him.
The vast and difficult department over
which Mr.. Lamar presides, has been ad-
ministered with at least average success.
A change of administration, with the con-
sequent pressure for offices, has been try
ing to the Indian service; that bureau is
perhaps the most difficult of all to handle,
and has staggered the best men who
have ever held the place of Secretary of
the Interior. The administration of the
land Office has taken some heroic meas
ures to save the lands-measures which
give rise to much criticism, in the alb
sence Of necessary legislation by Con-
gress.
The war and navy departments go on
as usual, except that more ships of war
have been contracted to private yards,
which an utterly bad administration
would have been more likely to have put
into the navy yards.
The postmaster generals offenses,
whatever they may be, are so slight COM
pared with the tremendous stealings in
this department few years back, that
they are scarcely noticed Even the
scandalized attorney-general has able
vouchers for his honesty among his
former Republican colleagues in the Sem
ate.
In general, old observers at Washing
ton of Republican sympathies do not dis
guise the opinion that the change of ad-
ministration and of men at the head has
reformed many abuses and improved the
national government in many respects.